Jacques Louis David / Portrait of Jeanbon Saint-André / =1795 wkg inscr (artist)

Jacques Louis David
Portrait of Jeanbon Saint-André
=1795 wkg inscr (artist)
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Creator Name: David, Jacques-Louis
Creator Nationality: European; French
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: French; 1748-1825
Creator Name-CRT: Jacques Louis David
Title: Portrait of Jeanbon Saint-André
Title Type: preferred
Title: Jeanbon Saint-André
Title Type: alternate
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1795
Creation End Date: 1795
Creation Date: =1795 wkg inscr (artist)
Creation Place: Europe,France
Object Type: Drawings and Watercolors
Classification Term: pen and ink
Classification Term: Drawing
Classification Term: Prints and Drawings
Materials and Techniques: Medium: Pen and black ink, and black and gray wash, with pale yellow wash, and white gouache, over graphite, on tan laid paper, laid down on cream laid card.W.mark: YRemarks: Sheet measurement includes mount, contemporary to drawing (KB)Height measurement is diameter
Dimensions: Height: 252 mm, Diameter: 182 mm
Inscriptions: Signed on the mount: Donum amicitiae. amoris Solatium. David faciebat in vinculis anno R.fr 3 (1795) messidoris 20
AMICA Contributor: The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number: 1973.153
Credit Line: The Art Institute of Chicago, Restricted gift of the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation
Rights: http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html
Context: During the French Revolution, David became a deputy and voted for the execution of Louis XVI. After the fall of Robespierre on July 26, 1794, many of his followers, including David, were imprisoned for a short time. It was during his confinement that the artist made this highly finished portrait of a fellow prisoner, Jeanbon Saint-André (1748-1813), who had been elected to the convention in 1792. The bond that developed between the two men is attested by the inscription which translates: "A gift of friendship. Solace of affection. David made this in confinement in the third year of the French Revolution on July 28, 1795."
AMICA ID: AIC_.1973.153
AMICA Library Year: 2001
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Art Institute of Chicago, 2000

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